First ipsy Glam Bag of 2016

January 24, 2016January 24, 2016 LauraJoli LookingJoliGood11 Comments

I can’t believe that I completely forgot to post about this months ipsy bag! Another month has flown by and it is already time to receive another ipsy glam bag! If you don’t know what ipsy is you can check out my previous post all about it by clicking HERE

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This month’s glam bag theme is “All Eyes On You“. The bag is a cute retro looking white bag with a pattern of a girl wearing glasses in bright primary colors. It has a nylon/plastic feel. The zipper is across the top which, you may remember, I like a lot better than the style of the ones that have the zipper 1/4 of the way down.

With the theme All Eyes On You, the majority of the products included in the bags were eye related. I love eye makeup the best, so I was very happy with my samples this month, (also that means no nail polishes for me!)

If you follow me on Instagram or Facebook you have already seen what I received. If you don’t follow me on Instagram or Facebook, you totally should be!

Since I received this a little while ago, I have already been using some of the products. I’ll give mini reviews on those that I have already used….Here is what I got in my glam bad this month:

OFRA’S Universal Eyebrow Pencil: I don’t usually use a brow pencil to fill in my brows. I tend to only use a powder, so I am probably going to pass this along to someone. It seems like a decent pencil. The more you apply the brow pencil the darker the color will get, so it will work well with a lot of skin tones. I may try it out as an eyeliner before I pass it on.

theBalm Cosmetics Mr. Write (Now) Jack B. Bronze (rich bronze) Overall I like the brand the Balm. This eyeliner is no exception. I only wish that I had gotten the other color Scott B. Bordeaux (deep purple), but this is still a great eyeliner. I prefer these twist up liners over the type that need to be sharpened. I have worn this to work a few times already and it has lasted throughout the entire day well without any smudging or budging.

J.Cat Beauty Blinkle Shimmer Eyeshadow I think that I have gotten things from J.Cat Beauty in my glam bags before. This blinkle shimmer shadow is in the shade Tangerine Light. It is not really a color that I would choose for myself, but it is actually a really beautiful color. I have used it a few times already and it lives up to its name, it is definitely shimmery! One of the things that I really like about ipsy is I often receive samples in colors and shades that I wouldn’t try otherwise but end up really liking them. (not the nail polishes though, I don’t appreciate them no matter what the shade or brand!)

skyn ICELAND Travel Size Glacial Cleansing Cloths Infused with Icelandic glacial waters and beneficial natural extracts, they sweep away makeup, dirt, oil and other impurities while refreshing and soothing stressed skin. I really like these cloths. They are a lot wetter than most cleansing cloths. If you rub the sides together it lathers up. Pretty interesting and works awesome. They kind of have a cinnamon scent and a warm feel on the skin.

Jelly Pong Pong Fairy Lashes CURL So, according to the product description: “Fairy Lashes CURL is a sculpting mascara that continually curls lashes throughout the day with a unique synthesis of Moringa Seed resin that holds the curl of lashes for long-lasting results.” This kind of seems like quite the claims! I have 4 mascaras open right now, so I haven’t tried this one yet. Although, I have tried a few other products from Jelly Pong Pong and I have liked all of them. When I do use this I’ll let you know if my eyelashes are “continually curls lashes throughout the day” by this mascara.

Well, that is what I got in my bag! I hope next months is as good as this one! How about you? Did you get an ipsy glam bag this month? What did you get in yours? Were you happy with your samples? Do you get any other monthly subscription bags/boxes that are worth trying out? Let me know in the comments below.

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Naked 2 Review and Swatches

January 23, 2016March 7, 2017 LauraJoli LookingJoliGood7 Comments

I have been dreaming of this Naked 2 palette for what seems like forever! I finally got it this year for Christmas! I am not going to lie, for several days I didn’t even use it, I just stared at its beauty! I didn’t want to mess it up by using it. Since then I have gotten over that and have been loving using this beautiful palette. I know that since this palette was released in 2011 there are probably a million or more reviews and swatches already, but I just really want to add my own anyway. 😉

Urban Decay Naked 2 Palette ($54.00 each shade is 0.05 oz each) contains twelve eyeshadows and a dual ended brush. (The brush is good; it is just like Urban Decay’s full-sized brushes: same size, feel, density, and softness.)

My skin is so pale that Foxy doesn’t even show up it just blends in. Haha!

Foxy is a pale yellow cream with a matte finish. It’s on the sheer side and a bit powdery. I use it as an underneath base all over the lid or for highlighting the brow.
Half Baked is a copper with a golden shimmer. It’s part of the permanent range and is also in the Naked 1 palette.
Booty Call is a creamy white/beige champagne with a satin finish (very similar to Virgin from the original Naked palette) . It’s also similar to MAC Brule as well as Wet N Wild’s Creme Brulee.
Chopper is a medium metallic rose gold with silver micro glitters. This shade is permanent. Unfortunately, I notice a bit of sparkly fall out with this shade.
Tease is a matte mushroom taupe with purple undertones. The pigmentation is perfect for a transition crease shade. Compared to the other shadows it is a bit drier, but it is still great and can easily be built up. I absolutely love this shadow. I can already tell that I am going to be getting a lot of use out of this shadow.
Snakebite is satin deep bronze with golden shimmer. It has a really buttery texture with excellent pigmentation. Pretty much gorgeous!
Suspect is a soft satin light taupe with golden flecks. It has great pigmentation.
Pistol is a satin warm steel grey. This is a pretty shade, but probably my least favorite, I tend to like more cool and neutral shades and this one is definitely warmer. The texture is wonderful, soft and smooth. I have been branching out more recently to do warmer eye looks, so I do plan to play around with this one a bit more.
Verve is a pale beige-gray with a pink tinge. This shade was in the Rollergirl palette. Um, Gorgeous!!! This is one of my favorite and most used shades in this palette.
YDK is a warm, coppery reddish toasty taupe with coppery micro glitters. The pigmentation is awesome, and it has a buttery smooth texture. I can’t decide if I like Verve or YDK the best. Both are absolutely beautiful! When applied to the lids, both give a beautiful sparkle to the eyes.
Busted is a plummy dark brown burgundy-tinted, deep brown with warm, golden undertones. It has a soft, frosted satin finish. The color payoff is good and the texture is smooth. I tend to get a bit of fall out with this shade, but I think darker shades always tend to have more noticeable fallout. (I actually love to use this shadow to fill in my eyebrows. The slight sparkle is perfect for making it look just like my eyebrow hair.)
Blackout is a really intense, deep dark black with a matte finish. It has really great payoff and goes on very black. Be so careful when applying, the fall out is CrAzY!.

Matte shades: Foxy, Tease, Blackout,

Satin shades: Booty Call, Snake Bite, Suspect, Pistol, Busted

Glitter/metallic shades:Half Baked, Verve, Chopper, YDK,

Naked Palette Swatched | lookingjoligood.wordpress.com — Suspect, Pistol, Verve, YDK, Busted, Blackout Naked Palette Swatches taken with the flash.

Girls! I have a whole new respect for all of these bloggers/vloggers that take awesome photos of their swatches. Good job ladies, it is a lot harder than it looks!

Do you have the Naked 2 Palette? What do you think? Which is your favorite shade? Do you own any of the other Naked Palettes? Which do you have? Which is your favorite? Do you recommend any others over the Naked 2?

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Mini Drugstore Haul Review

January 17, 2016January 17, 2016 LauraJoli LookingJoliGood7 Comments

Good Buy or Goodbye?

Back in September I posted a Mini Drugstore Haul. I have had plenty of time to use the products, and I am ready to give a full review on them. I am going to use a simple “Good Buy” or “Goodbye” rating 😉

Here is what I bought in September:

As you may remember, I love the Maybelline SuperstayBetter Skin Foundation. During the summer I was a wearing the shade 20, but now that it is winter I need a lighter shade so I picked up 15, the next shade down. (I have actually even picked up the 10 shade. I am so pale!!!) One of my favorite things about it is that it lasts all day! I have written a full review on this foundation that you can read HERE. My opinion hasn’t changed, I still love this foundation! This Maybelline Better Skin Foundation is a Good Buy.

Maybelline Fit Me Matte and Poreless foundation I had heard so many so many great things about the Maybelline Fit Me Matte and Poreless foundation. I wanted to try it out for myself. I bought the shade 115. I really like it! I cannot believe how inexpensive this foundation is! I really wish it had a pump. If it came with a pump, I think I would actually like this foundation better than the Better Skin Super Stay. That being said, this is definitely a Good Buy!

The Maybelline Great Lasht mascara is basically like the most iconic of all mascaras. Surprisingly, as much as I love Maybelline mascaras I had never tried this one. Until I was talking about this mascara with my sister, I didn’t realize that they sell it with different brush size options! Personally, I like a bigger brush on my mascaras. Next time I will get it with the larger brush. I have to say, I think it definitely lives up to all the hype. This Maybelline Great Lash mascara is a Good Buy!

Garnier Clean + Balancing Daily Exfoliator for Combination Skin | lookingjoligood.wordpress.com — Garnier Clean + Balancing Daily Exfoliator for Combination Skin

Garnier Clean + Balancing Daily Exfoliator for Combination Skin I recently wrote an entire post about this daily facial scrub. If you want to read it you can click HERE. I would repurchase the Garnier Clean + Balancing Daily Exfoliator for Combination Skin. I have enjoyed using it these last few weeks. I feel like it is just not the right choice for my skin at this time of year. I will try it again in the summer months and see if my skin reacts to it in a different way. The Garnier Clean + Balancing Daily Exfoliator for Combination Skin is a Good Buy.

Simple MicellarWater I had such high hopes for this! I have heard so many people talk about this Micellar water from Simple. It is just ok for me. It does not take waterproof makeup off well at all and forget about it if you wear waterproof mascara like I do. It isn’t a bad product, but it isn’t a miracle worker either. I have other similar products that i like better, for me this one is a Good Bye.

Aussie 3 Minute Miracle I LOVE this! It is awesome. I can’t quite place my finger on the scent to describe, but maybe a sweet citrus vanilla/orange creamsicle scent. I don’t know, I just really like it. It leaves my hair feeling super soft and healthy. I have already repurchased this two more times since I originally tried this one in September. In my opinion, Aussie 3 Minute Miracle is a very Good Buy!

As for the Suave lotion, I have been using it for years and know that it is something that I love and will repurchase over and over again. Not to heavy or greasy, not to overly scented. Comes in a huge bottle and lasts for a long time. Suave lotion is a Good Buy!

Have you used any of these drugstore products? What did you think? Good buys or goodbyes?

*I bought all of this with my own money. As always, all the opinions are all my own. 🙂

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Target Mini Makeup Haul Review

January 12, 2016January 15, 2016 LauraJoli LookingJoliGood9 Comments

Good Buy or Goodbye?!

Back in November I posted a Target Mini Makeup Haul. I have had time to use the products for a while, and I am ready to give a review on them. I am going to use a simple “Good Buy” or “Goodbye” rating 😉

Here is what I bought in November:

NYC Smooth Skin BB creme
NYC Expert Last Lip Color in Sugar Plum
Wet and Wild Comfort Zone Palette
NYC eye-shadows sticks

NYC Smooth Skin BB creme
I have used this BB cream in the past, and I remember liking it. I may have actually been thinking of something else because after using it again, I really do not like this BB Cream from NYC! It is thin, runny, and liquidy. Not only does it not blend in well at all, it left my skin feeling dry. It also has these tiny fine sparkles in it. It’s unfortunate this didn’t work out for me because the color match is actually perfect. Overall as a brand, New York Color or NYC has always been a bit hit or miss for me. I love their smooth skin bronzer, liquid eye liner, and translucent loose face powder, however I do not reccommend this one, this BB creme is a Goodbye!

NYC Expert Last Lip Color in Sugar Plum
I actually really really like this lipstick, but…it broke the first time that I used it, Boo Noooooo! Despite that, I have still been using it, I have just been applying it with a lip brush. It isn’t super convenient, but it gets the job done, and it really looks beautiful when applied with the lip brush. I love the color, and the texture is smooth and creamy, and doesn’t dry my lips out at all. Even though it broke so easily, I still say this lipstick a Good Buy!

Wet and Wild Comfort Zone Palette
I love love love my Wet and Wild Petal Pusher palette, so I was pretty sure that I was most likely also going to like the Comfort Zone palette. Now I know why I have heard so many people on YouTube recommend it, it is an awesome palette!!! Wet N Wild has really stepped up their game! I have been enjoying the Wet N Wild products that I have recently purchased. No question about it,this Comfort Zone Palette is a Good Buy!

: Wet N Wild Comfort Zone Palette Swatches

NYC eye-shadows sticks
I purchased the white shade #625 Rockefeller Center and #620 Murry Hill Champagne. I had high hopes for these two eye-shadow sticks. I was really hoping that they would be a cheaper comparable version of my Milani Shadow Eyez 12 HR Wear Eyeshadow Pencil. Nope, not even close! While the white one is the worse of the two, neither transfer well onto the skin, and actually instead kind of ball up on the eye lid. They don’t last long either, definitely not the promised 24 hrs. The Champagne one broke off at the base after only the second time I used it. While I forgave the NYC lipstick for breaking because it was a great product, I can’t forgive this one! There are 11 shades total, I don’t know what the other colors are like, but the two I have tried are a Goodbye, NOT a Good Buy!

Have you tried any of these products? What are your thoughts on them?

**This year, instead of buying more new things, I am going to be trying to use the many products that I already have in my make up collection. I will have many more reviews of all the products that I bought ore received in sample/ subscription boxes through out 2015.**

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LORAC Love, Lust & Lace Lip Gloss Collection Gift Set

January 10, 2016January 10, 2016 LauraJoli LookingJoliGood2 Comments

You may remember that I have been on a quest to find some much needed new jeans, yup still haven’t found any yet…why is it so hard to find a great pair of jeans?! So, still no jeans, but I did find some amazing lip glosses!

Yesterday, while shopping around at Kohls, I stopped by the beauty section (obviously, of course, I did.) I wasn’t really planning on buying anything, but found myself looking at all the beautiful Lorac lip glosses. I fell in love!

I couldn’t decide on just which one I wanted. It was a toss up between Goddess and CEO. Then I saw this LORAC Love, Lust & Lace Lip Gloss Collection Gift Set. It doesn’t have Goddess, but it does include CEO.

Let me tell you, I am so glad that I decided to get this gift set! These 6 beautiful glosses were only $25 total! Are you kidding me?! $25?! I thought I probably wouldn’t use all of the colors in the set, but since it was such a great deal I just couldn’t pass this up. It ends up that love all of them! I am enjoying these glosses so much that I am going to go pick up Goddess too.

I don’t know how long this gift set is going to be available, but I highly recommend you go get these or any of the other beautiful Lorac Alter Ego Lip Glosses.

These glosses are highly-pigmented and have a long lasting glossy color without feeling sticky or uncomfortable. I think that they are supposed to have a vanilla scent, but I don’t necessarily think that it is vanilla like. Either way, the scent is definitely a pleasant one. The tip of the applicator works great for the cupids bow as well as getting color in the corners of your lips. Also the angle of the doe foot applicator gives a very smooth application. For me, it was love at first swipe!

I am so happy that I decided to buy this set. Each of these colors is absolutely beautiful in a very different way. I can’t decide which one is my favorite. So far I have really been enjoying wearing Dominatrix and Coquette. (Added bonus, Dominatrix is the type of color that makes your teeth look whiter!) I thought for sure that Sex Symbol and Debutante were not going to work with my skin tone, but when I put them on I was pleasantly surprised at how beautiful both are. I have also worn Debutante over one of my other lipsticks and it looked amazing!

What does the Lorac Website say about these lip glosses:

Instantly transform into a daring debutante with the LORAC Love, Lust & Lace Alter Ego Lip Gloss Set. These sexy and playful lip glosses coat your lips in highly-pigmented, glossy color and are loaded with antioxidants of Acai Berry, Pomegranate, Grape Seed and Vitamins C & E to help protect and soothe your luscious, kissable pout. This captivating set of Alter Ego Lip Glosses comes complete with 6 seductive shades to create any look you covet. Fall head over heels with the Love, Lust & Lace Alter Ego Lip Gloss Set!

Here is a list of the shades included in the LORAC Love, Lust & Lace Lip Gloss Collection Gift Set

Sex Symbol (Exclusive Pink Nude)
Debutante (Exclusive Apricot)
Coquette ( Exclusive Hot Pink)
CEO (Dusty Rose)
Dominatrix (Deep Burgundy)
Vamp (Exclusive Deep Red)

I have really been impressed with the products that I have from Lorac. It is really a great brand! Do you have any of the other Lorac Alter Ego Lip Glosses? I’d love to hear what you think of them!

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Lorac Pro Palette Review

January 9, 2016December 27, 2015 LauraJoli LookingJoliGood8 Comments

Weekly Product Highlight

I received this palette for Christmas and have been LOVING using it ever since. I am not kidding, I am in LOVE! Look at these beautiful colors! Every time I open this palette I get a happy little feeling! I cannot decide which of these amazing shades is my favorite. I adore Champagne and Nude, but then I look over and see Deep Purple, but look at that Mauve, oh my that… Pewter! I just can’t pick one!


This palette has 8 mattes and 8 shimmery shades. Each matte shades has a similar corresponding shimmer shade. It includes warm, cool and neutral shades. These shadows can be used wet or dry, and work perfectly either way. The palette comes with a Mini Behind The Scenes Eye Primer. I have used these both with and without the eyeshadow primer. I actually prefer it without a primer, but that is mostly because I don’t usually use a primer, so I am not used to putting one and and working with it.


I highly recommend this palette! If you are an eyeshadow lover, you NEED this in your life! The shadows are so soft, so smooth and so silky. I every day that I have used these shadows I have loved my eye look. The shadows are highly pigmented and blend like a dream. I am not going to be able to go back to using my other eyeshadows now that I have been spoiled with these.

Top Row is all Matte Shades:White, Cream, Taupe, Light Pink, Mauve, Sable, Espresso, Black.

Bottom Row is all Shimmer Shades:Nude, Champagne (sparkle shade), Gold, Light Bronze, Pewter, Garnet, Deep Purple, Slate

What does the Lorac Website have to say about the Pro Palette…

LORAC PRO PALETTE

Go PRO with the LORAC PRO Palette! Created by celebrity makeup artist Carol Shaw, this PRO artistry palette is packed with 8 Shimmer and 8 Matte Eye Shadows in all the shades you need to create the hottest looks straight from the Red Carpet. LORAC’S velvety-smooth shadows are infused with soothing botanicals and are ultra-pigmented to perform wet or dry so you can shade, shadow, line and define your eyes, just like a PRO.

PRO Palette Contains 16 Eye Shadows and a Mini Behind The Scenes Eye Primer for stay-true color that lasts, a PRO must-have!

Carol’s insider Pro tip…With the PRO Palette, create an everyday matte eye using CREAM Eye Shadow from lash to brow bone, TAUPE in the crease and SABLE or ESPRESSO along top and bottom lash lines. Get a sexy, shimmering eye using NUDE Eye Shadow from lash to brow bone, GOLD or LT. BRONZE on the lid and GARNET or DEEP PURPLE in the outer corner, crease and along top and bottom lash lines.

Make up · Review

New From Maybelline

January 3, 2016January 3, 2016 LauraJoli LookingJoliGood11 Comments

Maybe she’s born with it?… In my case, nope, it is most likely Maybelline!

So many of my favorite products are from Maybelline. The brand as a whol is one of my favorites. When it comes to foundations and mascaras, they know what they are doing!

They have recently come out with several new products! I’ll list them in the order that I would apply them if I were to be putting my makeup on.

First up face…

Dream Matte Mousse Foundation.
Maybelline claims that this foundation is ideal for normal to oily skin and provides medium to high coverage. It comes is 12 shades. They suggest that this foundation be applied with their new Dream Blender. This Dream Blender looks like a beauty blender with a handle. Not too sure about that, but maybe it is worth giving a try.

Maybelline | lookingjoligood.wordpress.com

Dream Velvet™ Foundation
This is their first “hydrating matte foundation.” It is supposed to be for normal to combination skin,with medium coverage giving a soft-matte finish. They claim that the “unique gel-whipped formula” will keep skin hydrated for 12 hours. Once again Maybelline suggests using the Dream Blender to apply this foundation.

Face Studio Master Contour
3-step face contouring kit. This contour palette is available in 2 shade combinations, light to medium 10 and medium to deep 20. Each palette includes three color shades a contour/bronzer, blush and highlight. Maybelline claims that this palette will make contouring the face easy. In my opinion the “contour” shade in the light to medium palette looks like more of an orange like bronzer shade than a true gray toned contour shade. Ok, seriously, does anyone ever use the brush that is included with these things?! Why do they even waste the supplies that it takes to make these little pointless brushes?

Moving along to the eyes…

The Rock Nudes Palette
This 12 shade palette is supposed to be easily broken down into quads, trios and duos. It is supposed to “deliver the ultimate smoky rock nude look and bring out your inner rockstar.” Hmmmm, I personally don’t think that I have an inner rock star…
Did any of you get any of the other “Nudes” Palettes that Maybelline released this past year? Although many of the previous palette shades looked beautiful, due to all the poor reviews that I read and watched, I personally didn’t purchase any. Not sure if I would venture to buy this one either.

Maybelline | lookingjoligood.wordpress.com

Eyestudio Lasting Drama Waterproof Gel Pencil
This is Maybelline’s first gel eyeliner in a pencil form. This eyeliner comes in 10 different shades. They claim that it is and ultra smooth waterproof formula that is long-lasting with up to 16 hours of wear.

Maybelline | lookingjoligood.wordpress.com

Lash Sensational Luscious Waterproof Mascara
Maybelline’s original Lash Sensational Mascara quickly became a cult favorite. I have purchased it, but it is still in the package and I haven’t tried it out yet. Now available in a “luscious waterproof” formula, I am excited to see if it lives up to the hype of the original. The brush is supposed to “envelop lashes with a precious oil-infused formula from root-to-tip” while causing the lashes to fan out.
I don’t know how a waterproof mascara can also have oils infused in it, but I guess I will find out if I use it. Although, I may just wait until I hear some reliable reviews before I rush out and buy it for myself…

Maybelline Eye Studio Brow Drama Pomade Crayon
This is their first ever brow pomade crayon available in 4 shades. According to Maybelline you can get the perfect brow in just one easy sweep that both sculpts and tames! If only everything in life were that simple… Maybelline | lookingjoligood.wordpress.com

Last but not least…Lips…

Color Sensational Vivids Lipcolor
Available in 10 different matte, “bold, vivid shades, that glide easily onto the lips”. The formula is supposed to give full color coverage and be comfortable and creamy with a smooth application that dries to a “velvety” matte finish. Clearly Maybelline is loving the word “velvety” this season. I have seen a few reviews that say that these vivid matte lipcolors are not actually a true matte liquid lipstick, but actually more of a liquid cream. It seems as if they never actually fully dry down and become matte.
I personally don’t usually like matte liquid lipsticks. I want my lips to always be shiny, slick, and glossy. That being said the chances of me trying these out is pretty much next to none. I have to say though, the color selection is really pretty.

Do you love Maybelline like I do? Are you planning to try out any of these new products? Let me know in the comments what you have tried and if it is worth picking up.

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Lorac Love Lust Lace Eyeshadow Palettes

January 2, 2016March 3, 2017 LauraJoli LookingJoliGood4 Comments

LORAC Love, Lust & Lace Matte & Shimmer Eye Shadow Palettes for the 2015 holiday season are unfortunately a limited edition! They were an Ulta Black Friday exclusives, and I received them as a gift for Christmas. These little beauties were a sweet deal!

Just like the rest of the Lorac Love, Lust & Lace collection, each of these palettes is decorated with a pretty blue and silver lace pattern. Each one contains five eye shadows and a mirror. I liked both of these palettes but think the shimmer one is just a little bit nicer. The shimmery ones are soft, pigmented and even. Matte shades seem to be a bit tougher for companies to get completely right. While I absolutely love all the matte shades in the Lorac Pro Palette, these mattes are a tiny bit more powdery than the those Lorac shadows and not quite as silky smooth to blend. To be honest, though, I would be perfectly content with these had I not been previously spoiled by the awesomeness of the Pro Palette and the wonderfulness of the Naked2 Palette (reviews of both to come soon).

The matte palette includes five shades: light white cream, pale vanilla, medium taupe, medium gray, deep charcoal.

Both the taupe and the gray make perfect transition shades for the crease. I have been using the white as a base all over my lid

Lorac Love Lust Lace Eyeshadow Palettes | lookingjoligood.wordpress.com

The shimmer palette also includes five shades: creamy white, pale pink, light taupe, medium/deep brown with golden shimmer, deep brown with a red/plum shimmer.

These shimmery shades are pretty impressive. Great color payoff with not a lot of fall out.

Lorac Love Lust Lace Matte Eyeshadows | lookingjoligood.wordpress.com

Overall, I love both of these palettes. I think that they made the perfect little stocking stuffer gift for a makeup lover like me. I can’t wait to continue to use these shadows. Overall, I really love the products that I have tried from the Lorac Brand.

(Are these shadows as high quality as the Lorac Pro shadows, no, but they are definitely workable and blendable.)

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Wait, What?! More Nail Polish…!

December 28, 2015December 26, 2015 LauraJoli LookingJoliGood1 Comment

You are probably going to laugh when you hear this!

A while back I completed a Sally Hansen Airbrushed Legs “campaign” for Influenster*. After I completed it, they said they wanted to send me “something special” as a thank you. The other day I had an unexpected package in my mail box from Influenster. I had forgotten all about the”something special” fromSally Hansen, when I opened up the box I found…

Sally Hansen Hard as Nails | lookingjoligood.wordpress.com — Sally Hansen Hard as Nails Xtreme Wear Violet Voltage

If you have been around Looking Joli Good for any amount of time, you know how I feel about nail polish… But actually to be completely honest, it isn’t nail polish itself that I don’t like, it is chipped up nail polish. I actually do like to have my nails painted, I just hate it when they get chipped and I have to take it all off and repaint them. I wash my hands what seems like a million times a day, so most polish doesn’t seem to last very long on my nails before becoming chipped.

Despite the fact that I don’t really want any more nail polish, I have to admit, this color is beautiful and exactly a color I would choose for myself to wear. I just had to laugh when I opened the box and saw that I was sent another bottle of nail polish, especially after the big stink I had just made about getting the polish from ipsy**.

I’m going to try out this Sally Hansen nail polish and I’ll have to let you know what I think about it. If nothing else, I can always use it to paint my toenails.

*If you don’t know what Influenster is, you can check out my posts about it HERE and HERE. You should totally sign up! Even better, sign up using my referral link, it is such a great way to give your opinion and get free stuff. Here is my referral link www.influenster.com/r/1049268)

**If you don’t know what ipsy is, you can check out my other posts all about it HERE. It is a great way to try out new brands and different types makeup.

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What I Got For Christmas!!!

December 27, 2015December 26, 2015 LauraJoli LookingJoliGood2 Comments

Hello everyone! I hope that you all had an absolutely wonderful Christmas day! Praying you all spent your day with those you hold dearest, making memories that you will cherish for a lifetime! I greatly enjoyed the time I was able to spend with my family. We had a wonderful day together. My most favorite gifts of all were not found under the tree.

I was so very excited to receive… not one…not two… not even three… but FOUR new eye shadow palettes. I got the Lorac Pro Palette!!! The Naked 2 Palette and both the matte and the shimmer Lorac Love Lust and Lace palettes. I cannot wait to create all kinda of different types of eye looks with these new palettes!

1, 2, 3, 4! New Eye Shadow Palettes! | lookingjoligood.wordpress.com

I used shadows from the Lorac Pro palette on Christmas day, and I am not going to lie, my eye look was fierce 😉 These shadows are amazing! I am planning to use the Naked 2 palette today. I feel like a little kid, I am so excited about these!

I got my sweet BT Tessie a set of new tiny tennis balls. She is obsessed with playing ball, so she was in Heaven. She kept bringing me the ball and placing it right in front of my camera while I was trying to take pictures of the kids opening their gifts.

What did you get for Christmas? Are you so excited too? Enjoy the rest of the holiday weekend!

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